Special Education

Course Description

Applied Skills is designed for students who have an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP). They have been identified as a student with a deficit in reading, writing, math, oral expression, listening comprehension, and/or information processing skills. Instruction is developed based on individual student needs. It is designed to teach students strategies to enable them to become successful in their academic, social, and community settings. The students receive direct instruction in their identified skill area(s).

Proficiency Targets

Applied Skills students work on individualized learning goals that are directly aligned with their IEPs. Rather than using standardized class-wide learning targets, instruction is personalized to meet each student’s specific needs across academic, functional, and social domains.

Students engage in tasks that help build independence and confidence. Learning targets are flexible and adaptive, designed to support growth in areas such as communication, problem-solving, social interaction, and self-advocacy.

Progress is monitored through ongoing assessment of each student’s IEP goals, ensuring that instruction is meaningful, relevant, and appropriately scaffolded for individual success.

Resources Used

• Orton-Gilligham

• Read Naturally

• Metacognition strategies

• Language Live

• VMath

• Basic Fact strategies

• Basic Math Instruction

• Strategic Intervention Models

   

Course Description

Applied Skills is designed for students who have an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP). They have been identified as a student with a deficit in reading, writing, math, oral expression, listening comprehension, and/or information processing skills. Instruction is developed based on individual student needs. It is designed to teach students strategies to enable them to become successful in their academic, social, and community settings. The students receive direct instruction in their identified skill area(s).

Applied Skills Proficiency Targets

Proficiency learning targets:

Applied Skills students work on individualized learning goals that are directly aligned with their IEPs. Rather than using standardized class-wide learning targets, instruction is personalized to meet each student’s specific needs across academic, functional, and social domains.

Students engage in tasks that help build independence and confidence. Learning targets are flexible and adaptive, designed to support growth in areas such as communication, problem-solving, social interaction, and self-advocacy.

Showing Personal Growth

Reporting Student Progress:

Students will take a skills assessment test at the beginning of the year. The assessment is an adaptive test that adjusts to students’ responses. It consists of math problems and applications based on materials from grade level standards.

Students will progress through multiple modules of learning and will complete a pretest and a post test to show their personal learning and growth. 

Students will receive progress reports at the end of the semester. Students will also receive their initial math skills inventory results along with a College and Career Readiness report. FAST testing will also take place throughout the year as our District Wide measure.

Resources Used

Materials used in class may include and are not limited to:

• VMath Live
• IXL
• Daily Workbook
• Various websites and activities

Course Description

Applied Skills is designed for students who have an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP). They have been identified as a student with a deficit in reading, writing, math, oral expression, listening comprehension, and/or information processing skills. Instruction is developed based on individual student needs. It is designed to teach students strategies to enable them to become successful in their academic, social, and community settings. The students receive direct instruction in their identified skill area(s).

Applied Skills Proficiency Targets

Proficiency learning targets:

Applied Skills students work on individualized learning goals that are directly aligned with their IEPs. Rather than using standardized class-wide learning targets, instruction is personalized to meet each student’s specific needs across academic, functional, and social domains.

Students engage in tasks that help build independence and confidence. Learning targets are flexible and adaptive, designed to support growth in areas such as communication, problem-solving, social interaction, and self-advocacy.

Showing Personal Growth

Reporting Student Progress:

Students will take the Reading Assessment two to four times a year in which they will receive their Lexile reading measure. The Reading Assessment is an adaptive test that adjusts to students’ responses. It consists of short passages and questions that measure comprehension by focusing on skills readers use when studying written materials from a variety of content areas.

We will be using the Lexile Framework to measure reading level. The Lexile Framework is a scientific way to match readers with text that is reliable and a tested tool designed to bridge two critical aspects of student reading achievement. Teacher’s use the Lexile Framework to match instructional resources to student’s individual reading ability. Students can use their lexile measure to independently find reading materials at their individual reading ability.

Students will receive progress reports at the end of the semester. Students will also receive their initial Reading Inventory results along with a College and Career Readiness report. FAST testing will also take place throughout the year as our District Wide measure.

Resources Used

Materials used in class may include and are not limited to:

• Language Live
• IXL
• Orton Gillingham
• Readworks
• Newsela
• Class Novels
• Self Selected Texts
• Various websites and activities

Course Description

PLUS class is designed for students who have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Students identified for this class have demonstrated a need for organizational skills, stress management, goal setting, test taking, social skills, self-advocacy, study skills, or problem solving skills. The instruction is developed based on each student’s individual needs and will support students in their educational, emotional, and behavioral growth. It is designed to teach students strategies to enable them to become successful in academic, social, and community settings. The students receive direct instruction in their identified skill area.

Fundamentals of Social and Emotional Learning

The five fundamentals competencies of SEL learning include self awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making. These interconnected skills support developing healthy identities, managing emotions, and achieving personal and collective goals.

Resources Used

Individualized instruction is provided using resources including, but not limited to Zones of Regulation and Everyday Speech. IEP goals drive interventions provided school wide such as check in check out, classroom academic accommodations, and restorative practices.